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ideal
     1. adj. Optimal; being the best possibility.
     2. adj. Perfect, flawless, having no defects.
     3. adj. Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.
     4. adj. Existing only in the mind; conceptual, imaginary.
     5. adj. Teaching or relating to the doctrine of idealism.
           the ideal theory or philosophy
     6. adj. (mathematics) Not actually present, but considered as present when limits at infinity are included.
           ideal point
           An ideal triangle in the hyperbolic disk is one bounded by three geodesics that meet precisely on the circle.
     7. n. A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at.
           Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will rea
     8. n. (algebra, ring theory) A subring closed under multiplication by its containing ring.
           Let\mathbbZ be the ring of integers and let2\mathbbZ be its ideal of even integers. Then the quotient ring\mathbbZ / 2\mathbbZ is a Boolean ring.
           The product of two ideals\mathfraka and\mathfrakb is an ideal\mathfraka b which is a subset of the intersection of\mathfraka and\mathfrakb. This should help to understand why maximal ideals are
     9. n. (algebra, order theory, lattice theory) A non-empty lower set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary suprema (a.k.a. joins).(pedialite, Boolean prime ideal theorem#Prime ideal theor
     10. n. (set theory) A collection of sets, considered small or negligible, such that every subset of each member and the union of any two members are also members of the collection.
           Formally, an idealI of a given setX is a nonempty subset of the powerset\mathcalP(X) such that:(1)\ \emptyset \in I,(2)\ A \in I \and B \subseteq A\implies B\in I and(3)\ A,B \in I\implies A\cu
     11. n. (algebra, Lie theory) A Lie subalgebra (subspace that is closed under the Lie bracket) ? of a given Lie algebra ? such that the Lie bracket ?,? is a subset of ?.
or
     1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
           In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
           He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
     2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
     3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
     4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
           It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
     5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
           The country Myanmar, or Burma
     6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
     7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
     10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
     11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
perfect
     1. adj. Fitting its definition precisely.
           a perfect circle
     2. adj. Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
           That bucket with the hole in the bottom is a poor bucket, but it is perfect for watering plants.
     3. adj. Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented.
           Practice makes perfect.
     4. adj. Excellent and delightful in all respects.
           a perfect day
     5. adj. (grammar, of a tense or verb form) Representing a completed action.
     6. adj. (biology) Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
     7. adj. (botany) Of flowers, having both male (stamens) and female (carpels) parts.
     8. adj. (analysis) Of a set, that it is equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.
     9. adj. (music) Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.
     10. adj. (of a cocktail) Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
           a perfect Manhattan;  a perfect Rob Roy
     11. adj. (obsolete) Well informed; certain; sure.
     12. n. (grammar) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
     13. n. (video games) A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes.
     14. v. To make perfect; to improve or hone.
           I am going to perfect this article.
           You spend too much time trying to perfect your dancing.
     15. v. (legal) To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.
           perfect an appeal; perfect an interest; perfect a judgment
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